Theatre
Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage
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Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage
Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'
![Actor Pearl Mackie in rehearsals](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1571_grenfell-play_Pearl-Mackie.jpg?w=768)
Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'
Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
![Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien in the 1975 movie adaptation. Image: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1561_RH_HCKY13-scaled.jpg?w=768)
Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
![Si Mack performs his new show, kid, at BEAF Festival in Bournemouth.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Si-Mack-Tattoo.-Image-©️-Roz-Pike-jpg.webp?w=768)
'I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up'
As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever
![A scene from I Daniel Blake the movie](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1565_Theatre_IDB_STILL-01.jpg?w=768)
As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever
Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women
![Actress Bríd Brennan (Mary) sits on the sofa in Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dixon-and-Daughters-1-1.jpg?w=768)
Dixon and Daughters: Vital National Theatre production shows how trauma can echo through generations of women
Richard O’Brien: The Rocky Horror Show at 50 is a ‘rainbow event’
![Tim Curry in Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1561_rocky-horror-lips-tim-curry-cover-cmyk-2DENMBA.jpg?w=768)
Richard O’Brien: The Rocky Horror Show at 50 is a ‘rainbow event’
Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system
![Deborah Bruce and director Róisín McBrinn in rehearsal for Dixon and Daughters](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/deborah-bruce-nt.jpg?w=768)
Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system
A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed
![Other Side of the River](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Bingo-Paisley.jpg?w=768)
A working class community's fight to be seen for who they are... through theatre, bingo and a good feed
James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'
![James Norton smiling, in a white t-shirt with a blue jacket](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/James-Norton-2023-HERO.jpg?w=768)
James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'
The Great British Bake Off Musical review: Showstopper or soggy bottom?
![John Owen-Jones as Phil Hollinghurst (centre) and contestants in The Great British Bake Off Musical](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Great-British-Bake-Off-Musical-hero.jpg?w=768)
The Great British Bake Off Musical review: Showstopper or soggy bottom?
Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing
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Grenfell System Failure: A rage-inducing inquiry into government buck-passing
Daniel Mays: 'I had a burning desire to be noticed'
![Daniel Mays as Sid in Mike Leigh’s award-winning Vera Drake](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1552_Daniel-Mays_HCNFR0.jpg?w=768)
Daniel Mays: 'I had a burning desire to be noticed'
Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes
![Belongings - a play that aims to challenge stigma faced by young people in care. Care Day](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Belongings-HERO.jpg?w=768)
Meet the young, care-experienced theatre-makers breaking stereotypes
Travis Alabanza: 'If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think'
![Travis Alabanza](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1552-web-Travis-Alabanza-1.jpg?w=768)
Travis Alabanza: 'If I can make an audience laugh then I can make them think'
'The system isn’t an accident': How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment
![A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2737-Sara-Hazemi-credit-Craig-Fuller-scaled-e1666713435911.jpg?w=768)
'The system isn’t an accident': How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment
Totoro, the Catbus and the fight to save the natural world
![My Neighbour Totoro](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/My-Neighbour-Totoro-Photo-Studio-Ghibli.jpg?w=768)
Totoro, the Catbus and the fight to save the natural world
A Roman outdoor theatre is finally getting a permanent stage - and a bar
![roman theatre](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/21986164372_9e9e0002f8_o-e1664457746585.jpg?w=768)
A Roman outdoor theatre is finally getting a permanent stage - and a bar
PIP assessments are no laughing matter. Or are they?
![Don’t Make Tea is a dark comedy around PIP assessments](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Birds-of-Paradise-Dont-Make-Tea-Tue-6-September-2022-Forth-Industrial-Centre-Edinburgh-photographer-Andy-Catlin-www.andycatlin.com_.jpg?w=768)